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How to separate dal and vau?

Hello, I am learning urdu script. I understand urdu and punjabi to some extent, but I want to learn more and also urdu writing. But now I have hit a plateau because I have a book from where I learn but I can't tell how to separate the letters d(dal) and vau(v, u, o , au) from each other, they look the same to me. How can I separate them?

There are a number of proverbs/aphorisms associated with daal, including the one above.

There is "daal galnay naa deyna," which is used for when you want to thwart your opponent's machinations. Like when he is desperate for a "setting" with a girl, and you spread rumors about his philandering, or worse, his impotence, all over campus.

Then there is "daal mein kuch kaala hai," which is when you suspect something is fishy. Like when something is too good to be true.

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There are a number of proverbs/aphorisms associated with daal, including the one above.

There is "daal galnay naa deyna," which is used for when you want to thwart your opponent's machinations. Like when he is desperate for a "setting" with a girl, and you spread rumors about his philandering, or worse, his impotence, all over campus.

Then there is "daal mein kuch kaala hai," which is when you suspect something is fishy. Like when something is too good to be true.

The story goes that a nawab hires a new chef, whose speciality is masoor ki daal. The nawab is skeptical, because what could be so special about masoor ki daal. The chef's secret is using molten gold as the tarka. He prepares the dish, which the nawab tastes, and spits out, because he finds the gold inedible. Subsequently, he fires the chef, who looks haughtily at the nawab and says, "Yeh muun aur masoor ki daal," i.e. in spite of all the nawab's riches, he did not possess a sophisticated enough palate to appreciate the taste of gold.

Silver-tongued seraphim circling the spire...
Gather in the gallery in their best attire...